Team of vets look into cattle epidemic near Madurai

A team of veterinary doctors from Dindigul have camped in Karisalpatty village to treat the cows that have been affected by the foot and mouth disease. The move comes in the wake of a report that appeared in The Times of India on Sunday about the death of 20 cows due to the dreaded disease.

Speaking to TOI, AD (in-charge) Animal Disease Intelligence Unit, Dr P Ravichandran, said that the team had gone to the village in the morning and according to their findings, seven cows and 11 cows had succumbed to the disease in the last one week.